Kevin Wixted "Convergence"
Lohin Geduld Gallery
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Kevin Wixted’s images are derived from his intimate involvement with nature and art. His studies begin with a keen observation of his surroundings, which are captured in watercolors, drawings, and photographs. The movement of light across a tree canopy, the expanding pattern when a pebble falls into water, or the geometric stone carving on a Mayan temple are all phenomena that attract the artist.
His approach to painting comes from a synthesis of experiences. Interest in architecture, travel, nature, and art history converge to form an aesthetic of constructed sensations. Wixted seeks to transform and reveal his engagement with the world through simple building blocks of visual form. Whether creating a stone enclosure wall, designing a tile floor pattern, or making a painting, he works towards achieving a unified balance comprised of many individual components.
Wixted’s kind of visual intelligence casts a spell on the viewer. His unique response to the challenge of painting produces images that are at once simple and complex. They can suggest the rhythms of Celtic manuscripts, Josef Albers' color theories, or the sensation of autumn leaves against the sky. Absent of pretense, Wixted’s images give themselves up to the viewer on multiple levels. They are specific to place, yet universal; comical yet sophisticated and serious. They offer an original response to the multiplicity of experience that exists around us all.
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from March 16, 2011 to April 16, 2011